The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1927, Page 6

ad | i —— Page Six THE DAILY WORKER Published by the D. Da 83 First Street, New York, N. Y, ILY Except WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Sunday Phone, Orchard 4928 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in New York only): ar $4.50 six months three nths By mail (outside of $6.00 per year n ) three months Address all ma make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 33 GDAHL )_ DUNNE {"° Editors . Business Manager ieee ‘ ead) il at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under 2 act of March ¢ rtising rates on a y, a small society of lib- nt a telegram to Presi-| The League for Industrial Democr eral and socialist int dent Coolidge and v in which it shows th American imperialis Nicaragua rea “The Board of Directors for the League of Industrial Demo- eracy urges, with regard to Nicaragua, withdrawal of marines unless by mutual consent they do temporary police duty and super-| vise elections.” If the League for Industrial Democracy had any great mass of influence this would be precisely the kind of endorsement for the keeping of the marines in Nicaragua that the government could utilize. ber of leaders of the Nicaraguan factions, could be induced to accept the intervention of the American marines under the guise of supervising their elections and policing their country, this would not warrant our saying that the Nicaraguan people had consented to such a shameful procedure. Moreover, anyone who is not blinded by utopian illusions will know that even if the American marines are there by mutual consent of conflicting factions or leaders, they will still be at the service of Brown Bros., Seligman and Speyer, the big banking houses that are using the American marines and governmental power to oppress the Nicaraguan people. The American government intervened by “mutual consent” in the Tacna-Arica case, but the fact that mutual consent had been secured did not prevent the government serving the interest of our copper barons there and the “mutual consent” ended in mutual indignation. It is generally easy to get weak parties and elements, afraid of the menacing power of the American army, “to consent” to the presence of American marines rather than risk the danger of having said marines support only the consenting rivals. What Sacasa needs is energetic support and the calling off of the mar- ines altogether. What the American people need is that our gov- ernment and army and navy shall not be put at service of our bankers under any circumstances and that even with “mutual consent” the marines be not used to police sovereign countries, supervise or decide elections and interfere in internal affairs. Any. Latin American, who would consent to American marines policing his country and supervising elections in it, is an open traitor to his country and. the fact that you get two traitors to consent does not improve the situation any. It only gives the American bankers a freer hand and gives imperialism a pro- tective coloring of pacifist endorsement. We have no doubt but that the League for Industrial Demo- cracy and Mr. Norman Thomas, who sent the telegram, had the best intention in the world, but it is precisely this type of well- intentioned pacifism that unconsciously serves the interest of American imperialism in justifying the sending of our marines to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries at the com- mand of American bankers and generally with the consent of one or more tools of American imperialism in the countries in question. If Sacasa were to consent to such an infamous ar- rangement, he would lose all claim to support alike with Diaz who t lectuals, recently s ous. senato: on an pacifist character of its views on The part of the telegram dealing with has always been an open tool of American imperialism and is} always ready to consent to the intervention of the American marines. Get Another Subscriber for Your DAILY WORKER. Marxism Versus Loreism It took Ludwig Lore a column and a half of editorial in Tuesday’s Volkszeitung to attempt to answer our editorial of the 22nd in which we pointed out that Ludwig Lore was going the way of the union-wreckers who are trying to expel the Com- munists and left wingers from the workers’ organizations. Lore’s excuse is in the first place that he is not responsible for what is proposed in Volkszeitung conferences! In other words Lore denies that he is the real leader of such men as Blohm, who made the proposal. A leader is responsible for the ac- tivities of those that follow him. In order to prove his. inno- cence Lore suddenly becomes a “rank-and-filer” and Blohm be- comes the leader. Moreover, Lore was very careful to keep his mouth shut while the discussion on the expulsion of ten dele- gates of workers’ organizations was being discussed. His second excuse is to compare such elements as the dele- gates from the bakers’ union to “the strikebreaker who works against the interests of his union.” Yet this bakers’ union has devoted years of activity and energy and sacrifice to the building and maintaining of the Volkseitung which Lore is trying to con- vert into his personal organ. His third answer is that “The Volkszeitung will go neither to the socia¥st party nor to the Workers Party—but will con- tinue on the path of revolutionary socialism as Karl Marx, Fred- erick Engels, and Lenin taught it.” A most unworthy slander on Marx, Engels, and Lenin, Brother Lore to say that they be- lieved in being outside of the working class parties! It’s a funny kind of Marxism and a funny kind of Leninism, that omits the role of the working class party in leading the working class, Such Marxism is not Marxism brother Lore. It is Loreism! Join The Workers (Communist) Party. , 1879. | ication. |, Even if Sacasa and Diaz, or any additional num-|!#ting the rent was adopted during By G. MELNITCHANSKY. ago Junius Wood, the ndent of the Chicago ed G. Melnitchansky, president of the Moscow Central La- bor Council seven questions about the effect of the revolution on the social and cultural positions of the Russian| and on their material con-} ly News published by Melnitchansky f much interest to work Yesterday the three questions and answers ublished. We herewith publish °s to the last four questions. t+ * & can Question 4. Is the practice of bas- ing a workman’s rental for lodgings wages an unfair burden on tate by compelling the latter to intain buildings. at a loss and en- ing employing organizations to pay the worker } than would be neces- sary if he were paying the actual ex- pense of the lodging? Rent is Small Item. Answer: The rent and charges for municipal services do not constitute large item of expense in the work- s budget. This method of caleu- upon the the civil war, when wages were low. We consider that it would’ be more correct to have wages raised to such an extent that the workers could cover the cost of maintenance and re- pairs of his apartment. We are en- deavoring to carry it into effect in our wage policy, but the economic condition of our industries still is such that it will be possible to bring it about gradually. But even if we do carry that into effect, we shall still adhere to the class principle of our rent policy, i. e., the whole bur- den of maintenance and repairs should rest upon the non-laboring and possessing class. ie Question 5. In what way is the con-| dition of the worker in the USSR better than that of the worker in the United States? Answer: In the United States the working class is enslaved politically and economically, disorganized, and its forces are scattered. The arbi- trary rule of united capital, which has usurped the power and its agen-| cies—the police, the army, the courts| and the press, is so oppressive and| so revolting that nothing like it ex-) ists in any other country. In the United States there are labor spies,| strike-breaking agencies, provoca-| tion, the right of every plant to have its own special police-guard armed from head to foot, with armored cars and machine-guns, while the workers are denied the right to bear arms. All that is perfected more and more with each succeeding year. The workers, under these conditions, are deprived of the right and possibility’ to carry on an economic struggle, be- cause it is doomed to failure when facing such a formidable armed enemy. Workingelass Holds Power. In the USSR the situation is en- tirely different. The big industries belong to the state, in which the working class holds the reins -of power. If there are private employ- ers who exploit hired labor, the con- | ditions of exploitation are restricted by law and controlled by the trade unions and, besides, the employers are deprived of political rights and so cannot use their pocketbooks in order to make the government ad- ministration, the courts, the press, the legislative bodies subservient to them. All laws are framed solely with a view of serving the interests of the working class and the labor- ing peasants. The courts, the army, the police, the press—everything is in the side of the workers and peas- ants. Spy and strike-breaking agen- cies are unthinkable here, and it is needless to say that private manu- facturers are forbidden to possess arms and to hire their own police, In short, the whole political power with all its attributes—the army, police,| thé courts, the press, is in the hands of the working class and on the side of the workers, and it is ready at any moment to defend the life and interests of the working class. If such power were in the hands of the working class in the United States, if they should establish there such an order, the conditions of life of the working class there with such riches and high technique, would be better than in the USSR, Ca eka’ Question 6. Is the condition of the worker in the United States better or equal to that of the worker in USSR? : Still Partially Blockaded. Answer, Politically the condition of American workers is worse than that of the workers in the USSR, econom- ically it is better at first glance, But; in this case no comparison can be; drawn between the richest country in the world, with its immense indus-| Roll in the tries and inexhaustible supply of gold Get Your Union to Telegraph Congress Today! THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927 Chicago Daily News Questions ‘Answered by Russian Communist drained from Europe, particularly since the world war, and the USSR, which always was an industrially backward country, which has recent- ly passed through a civil war, un- precedented by its ruthlessness and duration and the intervention of the United States, Great Britain - and France, and which is to this day to a}| certain extent a blockaded country and boycotted by bourgeois states. The question should have been put like this: how much better would the condition of the working class in the United States be than that of the working class in the USSR if they should gain ,power there and estab-, lish the same regime as in the USSR? If the question should be put this way, it might be answered that the economic condition of the workers would be considerably bet- ter. The working class would gain possession of great industries with a highly perfected technique of pro- duction, enormous riches which would enable the American workers to solid- ify their power without such grave sacrifices as were borne by our workers. The wages of American workers are higher than in the USSR. But —out of 32,000,000 people gainfully employed, 3,000,000 are out of work the whole year round and in the win- ter their number reaches 6,000,000,- 000; a large percentage of the em- ployed work on the average 6 to 8 months in the year, because of the seasonal nature of their work. The unemployed are left to shift for themselves, they suffer hunger and cold and are evicted from their homes. No one is sure that he or she may not at any moment lose the job without any advance notice. Among the people gainfully em- ployed there are 8 million women and over 1,600,000 children between the ages of 10 to 15 whose conditions of work are not regulated by a national law of the trade unions. In the Uni- ted States prostitution is widespread not only among the unemployed, but even among the women and girls em-' ployed in factories and stores, be- cause of their extremely low wages. The law does not fix the -work- hours of women and children or of men in harmful trades and in many cases they work more than 8 hours a day. Despite the high technique of production, labor is not protected and there are on the average 2,453,400 in- dustrial accidents in a year, of which number 21,232 result in the workers’ death. In industrial accidents the) workers lose 2,250,000 work-days and more than a billion dollars in wages. The workers are not insured against accidents. As there is no social in- surance in the United States in case of any sickness the worker is placed in an impossible position, being liable to find himself in the street and enduring a pauper’s existence. Can such condition of the working class as such be considered good? Labor Is Protected, Ours is a poor country, yet the 8-hour day has been established everywhere and in harmful trades— in the chemical industry, in mining, in the manufacture of gas and in a number of other industries, there is a 6-hour day. Night work of wom- en is forbidden for the most part; they are also forbidden to work at in- jurious occupations, Labor is pro- tected. Child labor in factories and shops is forbidden. Minors of 14 to 16 years of age are allowed to work only 6 hours a day. At all offices and institutions those engaged in non-manual work (except. those directly connected with the in- dustry, as factory-office employes), have the 6-hour day. All workers get an annual vacation of two weeks, minors get one month, workers at in- jurious trades, one month, all with pay. Women during pregnancy are entitled by law to 4 months’ vaca- tion in the case of manual workers and to 8 months in the case of non- manual, with full pay. We also have unemployment insurance which cov- ers all persons who work by hire and which is carried at the expense of the employers. Free Medical Aid. The amount of unemployment bene- fit depends upon the qualifications of the unemployed, but there is a fixed minimum less than which may not be paid.’ Besides the regular bene- lit, the unemployed are entitled to free medical aid, the same as the em- ployed, and they retain the right to! benefit during their illness. If the| unemployed becomes an invalid he has a right to a pension, Unemployed women receive the largest benefits during the 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after confinement. The unem- ployed are also entitied to a special allowance for a new-born infant, for infant feeding during nine months and for the burial of members of their families, the same as all in- sured, In addition, the unemployed are ex- empted from taxes and enjoy certain privileges ‘in regard to municipal ser- vices, ‘etc. ‘The government bodies make spe- cial appropriations for public works and for the organization of labor groups, which give employment to a considerable number of unemployed. The trade unions also render con- siderable aid to their unemployed members, establishing special unem- ployment funds for this purpose. If all these measures were carried out for the benefit of the working class in the United States, the condition of the workers there would be better than in our country. * * * Question 7. In a country where the state is practically the sole employer, where the workers truly control the state so that the worker is both em- ployer and employe, what is the need of the Profsoyus? Is it not a dupli- cation of state work and expense? Basic Industries State-owned. Answer: In this country the form of administration of industry is of a transitory nature. The basic indus- tries are in the hands of the state, the small industries and a consider- able part of distribution of produc- tion—commerce—are still in the hands of private traders and public organizations, The conditions of in- dustrial employment still bear traces of the capitalist order. As the labor force is hired, there is still the neces- sity of regulating the conditions of work and wages; there still exists surplus value, which is used to en- large and develop industry, to im- prove the condition of the worker and the country. The industries, individ- ual factories and mills are the prop- erty of the working class as a whole, the property of the state, of the country, not of each individual group of workers employed at a given plant. The factories and mills are managed and operated by the state in agreement with the trade unions, by its specially appointed economic bodies, and not by the workers em- ployed there. The profits of individual undertak- ings are not divided among the work- ers employed at the plant, but belong to the state, and any deficit is not covered by the workers but by the state. All these conditions require the existence of trade unions, whose tasks include the regulation of condi- tions of work, wages, the organiza- tion and the hiring of labor, etc. The activity of individual trade unions is thus directed to serve the everyday needs of the workers of a given in- dustry in conformance to the inter- ests of the working class as a whole. Our trade unions do not perform tasks analogous to those of state and economic bodies, because they do not manage the industries or rule the state. Their influence in this direc- tion is exercised by their taking part in the election of governing bodies, in the selection of economic organs, by) proposing their candidates and aiding in framing the measures for the im- provement of industrial management, by sharing in the control over the various economic bodies, taking part in the consideration of legislative pro-| posals, etc, All that is done in addi- tion to their basis task, which is the protection of the every-day economic interests of the workers, Committee Organized In Minneapolis to Fight Intervention MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan, 27. —A Provisional Committee against Intervention in Nicaragua, Mexico and China has been formed here, and is organizing protest meetings to op- pose the department of state’s im- perialistic policy in Central America and China. An emergency conference to map out this work was called at the farmer labor headquarters last Friday night. It is planned to or- ganize regular conferences, either for the Twin Cities, or separately for St. Paul and Minneapolis. More Tax “Reduction” Talk. . WASHINGTON, Jan, 27.—The Re- publicans will press for a big tax re- duction in the next congress, con- vening a year hence, Rep. Madden (R) of Illinois, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, declared today after a conference at the White House. The size of the slash will be between $250,000,000 and $300,000,- 000, Madden said. N. Y. Censorship. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 27.—The so- called clean books bill was introduced in the legislature today by Senator Kennedy, New York Democrat, and Assemblyman Gedney, Rockland Re- publican. The measure would pro- vide for a censorship of all publica- tions. Similar bills were defeated at Subs For The DAILY WORKER. the last four sessions of the legisla- ture. * WITHDRAW ALL U. S. WARSHIPS FROM NICARAGUA! NO INTERVENTION IN MEXICO! HANDS OFF CHINA! Bunny worked the trick, and shook off the other car; then he left his own in a public garage for storage, and made the purchase of a two-passenger closed car un- der the name of “Alex H. Jones.” The dealers’ receipt would serve for a license temporarily, and Bun- ny counted out eighteen of his hun- dred dollar bills, and drove away. Half an hour later he was in the town of San Pasqual, driving past the corner specified. He passed it twice, and the second time Dad stepped out of a hotel, and Bunny showed up, and then away they went! “Anybody following you?” were Dad’s first words, and bunny said, “I don’t think so, but we'll make sure.” They swung round several corners, and Dad kept watch through the rear windows. “All hunkydory,” he .said, at last, and Bunny asked, “Where are we going?” The answer was, “To Canada”; and Bunny, who had been prepared for anything, took the boulevard that led north of San Pasqual, While he drove, Dad told him the news. The first thing, Verne had skipped to Europe; at least, his steamer was sailing today, and it was hoped he had not been caught. “A. H. Dory” had tele- graphed to Mrs. Bolling, advising her that it was absolutely neces- sary for Mr. Paradise—that was Dad’s code name—to meet his friends in Vancouver immediately, and he must start tonight, other- wise he would be too late for the appointment. Dad hadn’t needed any further hint; he had learned yes- terday—though he had kept the painful news from Buhny—that the Senate investigators had got wind of that Canadian corporation, and were planning to subpoena all its organizers. Undoubtedly the sub- poenas had been issued that day, and telegraphed to Angel City, win instructions to the United States marshal to serve them at once. Dad and young Bolling had made their getaway from the office by means of a fire-escape—more movie stuff, you see! And here they were, Alex H, and Paul K. Jones, driving all night on a rain-battered nigu- way, not daring to stop at any hotel, because a United States mar- shal might be lurking in the lobby; not daring even to pass through the big cities, for fear the all-seeing eye of their irate Uncle Sam might be spyihg from a window! v They got to Vancouver in a heavy snow - storm; and immediately dropped their uncomfortab.e alias- es, and put up at the best hotel. Straightway, of course, the news- paper reporters came running; and Dad said with his quiet dignity that it was all rubbish about their being fugitives from the Senate investi- gation, they were American busi- ness men who had come to British Columbia to consider investments. That scandal in Washington was nothing but cheap and silly .poti- tics, the leases had been most ad- vantageous to the government, and as for the Canadian corporation, it had: been an enterprise of great benefit to Canada. Did Mr. Ross and his son plan to explore for oil in British Columbia? asked the re- porters, eagerly; and Dad said that he had nothing to communicate as yet. Here they were; comfortable in the physical sense, but mentally not at all so, in a city which to them was a frontier place, with cold weather and nothing of inter- est. Yet Dad was likely to be in exile for a long time; the new Con- gress would be in session hali a year, and the trouble-makers would certainly keep the oil-scandal going, so as to have something to use in next fall's presidential election. Dad sent telegrams to his office, and wireless messages to Verne on board ship; and presently came a reply from Verne requesting Dad to meet him in London immediate- - ly. Dad had to go; and then, what _ about Bunny? He had his sweet- heart at home, and also his paper, so perhaps he should return ww Angel City. But Bunny said non- sense, it was out of the question for Dad to cross a continent and an ocean in winter-time alone. His son would go with him, and after they had talked things out with Verne, they could go over to Parijs, and spend a while with Bertie, and meet those swell diplomatic friends Don't Delay: A NEW NOVEL Upton Ginclair of hers. Then, if necessary, Bunny might come back alone—they would see about that later. The old man was pitifully glad of this decision. Bunny was all he had to care about now. In his se- -¢vet heart he must have been humil- iated before his son, but he had to go on with the pretense that he was a dignified business man, per- secuted by unscrupulous political enemies. He talked about the mat- ter very little with Bunny, but to other peopie he would discourse for hours; this sudden talkativeness about his afiairs was the most piti- ful of ail signs of his weakening, Bunny wrote iong letters to Vee, telling her the situation and pledg- ing his love; and to Rachel, turm- ing over the paper to her, and ar- ranging for the thousand dollars a month to be paid to her. Dad wrote long letters to his efficient young executives —thank God for their efficiency right now! They would keep in touch with him and Verne by cable; and Verne’s agents in Washington would send the “low down” on the investigation. Bunny arranged to get Dan Irving’s weekly, and the various radical pa- pers he was reading; so tather and son would be in position to carry on their controversy in Europe! They spent four days on a train crossing the snowy piains o: Uun- ada. It was bitter cold outside, but snug and warm within, and on the rear of the train was an observa- tion car, made use of by a score or two of business men, Ameri.in and Canadian. In an hour or two they had learned that the great J. Ar- nold Ross Was among them, and after that Dad held court, and told (To be Continued.) “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” + An unimportant tho entertaining little comedy based upon Anita Loos famous book, “Gentlemen tfreter Blondes,” is now playing at the 11mes square Theatre, Any one who wants to spend id.e hours and digest a couple suarts of jaughs should go and watch Loveic: Lee make suckers out of mn who have an overabundance of money, ino some of them are in the tigatwad class. Lorelei and her girl friend Duroth,, take a trip to: hurope to be eaucatcu, expenses being paid by one Gus 14:- man, “button merchant” of Clucage. Un the boat she makes an Lngusn- man come across with a d.cimead tiara, at the same time making gvuv- goo at an American reformer, en. / spoftard, who is on his way to vis ¢ varis, #0 he can help reform it. To make a long story short, after we have many laughs she marries him, However, she has to vamp his father first. But as that is “trade” it is done with not mua aifficulty. While the entire cast is first rate, including such names as June Waiker, Frank Morgan and K, F. Huntiey— Edna Hibbard, who is remembered for her remarkable performance sev- eral seasons ago in “Ladies of the kvening,” is extraordinary in her portrayal of Dorothy, bringing the audience back to life with her unique style whenever a dull spot in the play is reached, c es. ei “UPSTAGE.” We have had motion pictures de- voted to the lives of the firemen, postman, policemen, soldiers, sailors and many others. Now we can add to the list a picture revealing the human side of vaudeville actors, And a fair- iy good picture at that. Of course, it has the usual amount of hokum, nevertheless “Upstage,” is a story of the vaudeville performers and at the same time good entertain- ment, It tells a story and reaches its climax with an unusual amount of intelligence displayed by its director, Monta Bell, He needs no introduc- tion, having produced many fine pic- tures in the past, obtaining shis orig- inal training as an assistant to none other than Charles Spencer Chaplin. Norma Shearer is the star, being ably supported by Oscar Shaw, who has in the past seen much service in musical comedies. This has well fitted him for his role of a “song and dance man” who selects Dolly, played by Miss Shearer, his. te When their act is a success she quits him and obtains a new partner, who is a fizzle. ’ The rest of the story is devoted to the reconcilation and during this period we have some nice peeks be- ‘hind the stage. Sylvan A. Pollack, ! \ a |